I don't know if this is the right sub to ask, but what's actually to stop someone from putting that they went to an Ivy league university, or have a masters instead of a bachelors degree on their resume or application? Unless you're applying to a government job or some super old school strict company, I've never seen most places verify where someone has went to school or references anymore? If you're in a very specific field like doctor, lawyer, scientist, maybe, but what about standard tech, business, marketing, sales jobs, etc.? Hell, I'm a hiring manager at my current company and all we do is look at portfolios and past experience, nobody gives a F where someone went to school or what degrees they have unless it is some world renown program that everyone has heard of. If we like your work, that's kind of all that matters. No one is going to request transcripts or a copy of your degree, especially if you supposedly graduated over a few years ago.
Is this just my stupid view or am I missing something?